"When we heard about the lavishness about Trump's fundraiser we wanted to create an alternative," said community organizer Gwen Frisbie-Fulton of Greensboro. She threw together a fundraiser in one day to help people in Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria.

She said it's the kind of fundraiser where the president's focus should be - not on raising an estimated two million dollars for the GOP.

"We're not going to raise but a couple thousand dollars, but what we are going to do is raise it with dignity and respect for the people that need it," said Frisbie-Fulton.

Closer to Trump's fundraiser was another group of protestors with various messages for the 45th president.